Full name: Dinh Linh Long

Class: Đọc – Viết 1 – 2215

Write no more than 150 words for the summary paragraph,

and no more than 150 words for the personal response
paragraph about Reading 2 'Living Outside the Box'

Sometimes people get caught up in lifestyles they do not want; some of them do not change
their life but there are some people who are on the opposite side. There is a woman who succeeded
in changing her lifestyle, she unplugged the TV for a month because she wanted to prove that she
could avoid evening television. She felt the positive change because she found herself reading lots
of books and having more time to sleep. Not stopping there, she started doing volunteer work
almost every week instead of every few months. She also had more time to talk to her friends who
just only heard from her on the holiday.

I was not surprised about her decision and have supported this kind of experiment. I also
have similar experiences like the author (Not unplugging TV experiment but not installing
Facebook apps on portable devices). I feel positive changes in my life, I have more time to learn
something like languages or cooking. I easily fall asleep, and feel better every morning. Some of my
friends or my current neighbors go to sleep very late and feel tired every morning because after a
long day working, the first thing they do is open Facebook apps and watch short videos until the
late night but do not do their chores or take a bath firstly. I totally agree that living TV-free or Social
Media - free are good ideas that some of us should try, maybe this experiment will help us have a
more positive life.